This past year due to some confusion between HOA and the treatment company, the treatments didn’t start until later in the year than normal, after the curly leaf had grown quite a bit. The thing I noticed was that the water quality at that time seemed so much nicer than it normally is. Water was clear, the fish seemed to be thriving. My suspicion is that because the plants were allowed to grow, rather than being wiped out early as they had been in the past, they were absorbing enough of the nutrients to keep the pond clear and healthy. After treatments to kill off the weeds it ruturned to its normal cloudy appearance for most of the year.
That’s why I was considering leaving some areas of the curly leaf, to try to get a more balanced pond and better water quality, but I just didn’t know if that would be a bad idea and just lead to more issues.
